title:
Lillie Williams Interview
description:
Lillie Cannon Williams was a high school classmate of Venus Jones. She was interviewed about coming of age in Petersburg and her relationship with Venus. Topics discussed include life in Petersburg for adolescents in the 1950s and early 1960s, curriculum and school clubs at Peabody High School, college admissions, hospitals and medicine, and integration.
date:
2021-11-09
subject:
Jones, Venus R.
subject:
College students, Black
subject:
University of Mary Washington -- Alumni
subject:
Petersburg (Va.)
subject:
Coming of age
subject:
African Americans--education
subject:
Friendship
subject:
School segregation
subject:
Universities and colleges -- United States -- Admission
subject:
Hospitals & Medical Centers
creator:
Williams, Lillie Cannon
creator:
Devlin, Erin Krutko
contributor:
Van Doren, Jamie
contributor:
University of Mary Washington Special Collections and University Archives
relation:
Venus Jones Oral History Project
language:
English
rights:
Copyright is retained by Special Collections and University Archives, Simpson Library, University of Mary Washington. This item is available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Items may not be reproduced or used for any commercial purposes without prior written consent from the University of Mary Washington.
